newbie help plannig the trip
Aloha my wife and I are planning to quit our jobs next year 2nd quarter we want to ship our truck f1502WD to the west coast( we are on Oahu) head east across the top of America (pick up north San Fr...
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kknowlton wrote:
... but it is true that there is a wide variation in 1/2-ton truck towing and payload abilities. Good luck with your plan!
Never could figure out how manufactures rate things. My 1999 Dodge Dakota had a payload of over 900#, almost a 1/2 ton. The 1/2 ton Ram 1500 I currently have...payload slightly over 1700#. Last time I checked, a ton was 2000#. 1700/2000= 85% of a ton. Put another way, more than 3/4 of a ton.
Payload on many (not all, read above) trucks has gone way beyond what the standard 1/2, 3/4 or 1 ton use to represent. :h
